For several years I have suffered generalised whole body aching in the morning, and especially low back pain. I went to my doctor who did blood tests to rule out any arthritis conditions as I’m only 39, and then tried new mattresses, sitting on different sofa, different work chairs, various exercise plans (made it worse) etc etc, all to no avail. Also my hands and feet would often swell too over night, and i literally would not even be able to bend and touch my toes. However 5 weeks on the fast diet has almost completely resolved this! I have lost about 9lbs (now reached a bit of a plateau) but am so happy to feel lively in the mornings again!

Also in my last two monthly cycles have had no period pains, which is great as I have always suffered from these. Even if I don’t lose any more weight, I’m going to keep doing this 5:2 just to feel this well always!

I don’t know how it does this, but this really is the only significant change I’ve made in the last few weeks, so it can only really be down to this diet! Anyone else noticed back pain/aching improvements??